Emil Adam is a member of the famous Munich artist dynasty. He is the son of Benno Raffael Adam and grandson of Adam Albrecht. His artistic talent he is at an early stage at the service of equestrian portraits. Numerous orders of the nobility and gentry soon give him the reputation of a first of the horse painters.

In particularly his portraits of noble race horses are in great demand throughout Europe. He will receive in the creation of this image of Count Festitics commissioned a portrait of the mare "Kincsem", the most successful racehorse of all time (54 victories in 54 races), he studied in Berlin-Hoppegarten, and in the same year wins including the Grand Prix of Baden in Iffezheim.

This year, a trip to Baden-B...